Bonus column: We must not take science off the table

10:14 PM,
Oct. 15, 2013

Written by

Dan Glickman and Doug Bereuter

The World Food Prize is honoring three distinguished scientists whose achievements have greatly contributed to agricultural biotechnology. In some circles, these choices will be viewed as controversial, but the scientists' work is important to eliminating hunger and malnutrition and making the world more food secure.

Global population will grow 65 to 75 percent between now and 2050, causing the demand for food to more than double. Yet, there is little arable land available for new crop production that is not forested or highly erodible.